Wrong-way crash on Merritt Parkway injures 3

A 59-year-old Bridgeport woman has been arrested after driving the wrong way on the Merritt Parkway and colliding with a vehicle late Tuesday night, State Police said.

Three people were injured in the accident that involved three vehicles, according to troopers.

According to the accident report, just before 11 p.m., Ashley Cooper was driving her 2005 Nissan Altima southbound in the northbound lane near Exit 46 in Fairfield.

Cooper’s vehicle was in the left lane when it struck the front left side of a 2016 Acadia SUV driven by Jeffrey Butler, 51, of Dartmouth Drive in Shelton.

After being struck, the SUV lost control into the right lane where it hit the left side center of a 2012 Toyota RAV 4.

Cooper, the wrong-way driver, was taken to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment of injuries.

Also injured were Butler, the driver of the Acadia SUV, and a passenger in the vehicle identified as Paige Butler, 51, also of Shelton. A 17-year-old male also inside the Butlers’ vehicle was unharmed.

The driver of RAV 4, identified as William McGeorge, 54, of Park Avenue in Bridgeport, refused medical attention.

Cooper, who lives on Garfield Avenue in Bridgeport, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.